Governance

How would you govern a nation made up of people with different perspectives of what success looks like, different values, and different philosophical foundations?

·   Should those in power dictate what the rest of the nation must think?

·   Should the different groups denigrate one another with insults and insinuations of nefarious objectives?

·   Should those in the minority band together as an oppressed people?

·   Could such a nation find leaders capable of finding common ground who will give away some of the power of their group to serve those outside of power, promote goodwill among the differing groups and build a more peaceful nation?

 Having read the biographies of Washington, Adams, Hamilton, Burr, Jay, Monroe, and John Quincy Adams, I am convinced that the founder of the United States envisioned a nation whose leaders would work together instead of against one another. They were imperfect in their application of this principle, but it guided their service to our nation and laid a foundation that can sustain us today.